Yan Shishan is like a village girl who does not apply makeup, naturally beautiful, pure and pleasant. The storm area covers an area of ??more than ten square kilometers, integrating mountains, water, rocks, caves, springs, temples and gardens. It has five scenic spots: Yanshi Temple, Xiaoxian Bridge, Ziyang Temple, Shaniuling and Nanliujiang. Famous scenery include the Immortal Bridge on land, the Immortal Bridge on water, elephants drinking water, two carps leaping over the gate, golden roosters crowing, sows with their babies, turtles with their heads raised, Pegasus flying in the sky, dragons with their heads raised, roaring tigers, mighty armies, dressing gowns Beauty, fairy bath, fat-burning double candles, Mamen Ancient Beach, Yanshi Xuyan, etc. There are also Yanshi Sanlieci, Immortal Pond, Chumi Cave, Sanguan Ladder, Fubo Temple, Ancient City, Tianma, Stone Fox, Stone Cat, Sacred Tree...
There is also a line of sky, also It's called "a glimmer of light." When a person is at the bottom of a mountain, he looks up and sees a line of sky, which can be half a mile long, so it is called "a line of sky." The Nanliu River that shuttles through the west of the mountain is like emeralds, jade belts and pearls, embedded in the dangerous peaks and valleys of Yanshi Mountain. Take a bus out of the city and come to the bank of Nanliu River, where you can see clear water and beautiful mountains. Looking at the turquoise river, the shimmering water, the water hugging the mountains, the mountains surrounding the water, the water reflecting the mountains, the mountains lining the water, I feel my heartbeat. Walking into Yanshi Mountain, you can appreciate its unique and charming style one by one.
Under the cliff in the south of Yanshi Mountain, there are two caves, "Dongtian" and "Dongchi", which are said to be the place where King Chen Yue held a banquet for the immortals. The rocks are all standing on rocky walls, nearly a hundred meters high. They were named "Yanshi" because King Chen Yue held a banquet here. In 865 AD, Gao Pian, the military governor of Xiantong in the Tang Dynasty, led his troops to conquer Nanzhao in the south. Passing here, he sculpted Buddha statues in the "Dongtian" and "Dongchi" respectively, and founded the Yanshi Temple, which has a history of more than 1,100 years. Due to the limited size of the cave, this temple is not large in scale, but it is very majestic. Yanshi Temple is the first Buddhist temple established in Guangxi, so it is called "The First Temple in Guangxi". In the 15th year of Emperor Qianhe's reign in the Southern Han Dynasty, Liu Chongyuan, the governor of the city and the envoy of salt and iron transport, rebuilt the temple. The iron statue of Sakyamuni Buddha, the eighteen Arhats, and the five hundred Arhats were placed in the temple. Emperor Liu Sheng of the Southern Han Dynasty was a believer in Buddhism. Liu Chongyuan asked him to name him and give him a calligraphy treasure. He named Yanshi Mountain "Jiufeng" and Yanshi Temple "Jueguo Chanyuan". A monument was erected in the second year to commemorate the event, and the inscription still exists. When you walk into the temple gate, you can see the stone carving of "Eagle Peak" head-on. The handwriting has been blurred, but the vigorous and powerful handwriting of "Jueguo Chanyuan" on the wall inside the cave has been preserved to this day. Cai Sui, the third son of Cai Jing, the Prime Minister of the Song Dynasty, visited here when he was demoted to Baizhou. The four words "Heaven on Earth" on the right wall of the cave were inscribed by him.
The trees outside the cave are evergreen all year round. The cave is warm in winter and cool in summer, and is impermeable to wind and rain. It is a natural place for recuperation. There have been famous monks in Yanshi Temple throughout the ages, and their reputation has spread far and wide. There is a temple inside the Stone Temple Cave called the "Silent Hall", which was also built by Liu Chongyuan. There is a bamboo ladder on the top half of the temple. According to the Daoguang edition of "Bobai County Chronicles": "On the top half of the temple where no one can reach, there is a bamboo ladder. I don't know when it was placed. I asked an old man who is nearly 100 years old and said that he had seen it when he was a child. This is also the case with old people. It has been peeled off by wind and rain and has not been damaged for a long time. It is also a sacred object. "This ladder still exists today. From this point of view, people born in the Yongzheng Dynasty saw the existence of this thing. Its lifespan is at least more than five hundred years, so it is not an exaggeration to call it the "divine ladder". On the south side of the temple, there are two bamboo shoots, more than 30 meters high, standing majestically, like two extremely large candles, lighting up the banquet of the gods in Yanshi Temple. The mountain is not high, but it is famous if there are immortals. Before liberation, there were quite a lot of fireworks in Yanshi Temple. In the 1950s, Yanshi Temple was demolished. In 1988, villagers raised funds for reconstruction.
There are three words "Yanshi Temple" written on the main entrance of Yanshi Temple. Its door couplets and double door couplets are: "The banquet group is in the fairyland, and a hole is opened in the stone." "Obviously, the three sceneries of Yanshi Temple, Yanshi Mountain and Yanshi Fairy Bridge are integrated into one. The walls of Yanshi Mountain are as straight as chisels, the roof of the temple is flat, there are thick grasses, thorns and rosettes, and the gauze-like mist echoes elegantly in the forest. In the past, there was a clear spring in the middle of the top of the mountain. The waves were like a mirror. The colorful Bodhisattva fish in the pool contrasted with the blue sky and white clouds, as if they were divine fish swimming in the sky. The clear spring on the top of the mountain flew down from the cliff and hit the convex part of the cliff. The mist beads are dyed into seven-color beads by the sunlight, as if the stone mountain of Yanshi Temple is covered with a round of Buddha's light, making people even more fascinated.
Standing on the top of Yanshi Mountain and looking east about 10 kilometers, there is Jipo Stone. It looks like a hen squatting in a chicken coop while hatching eggs. On its back, there is a tilted head peeking out. The "chicken" of the sky, the author once climbed this mountain, and even if there were hundreds of people working together with just one finger, they could not move it even an inch.
Looking south, about 3 kilometers downstream of the winding Nanliu River, there is a large flat lake between two mountain gorges. This is the Mamen Beach that was dug out by Ma Yuan, the general of Fubo in the Eastern Han Dynasty, who used 100,000 soldiers to quell the Jiaozhi rebellion. . Looking to the west, the majestic Yunfeizhang stands at the end of the sky, and behind it is the 60,000-yuan mountain with overlapping peaks. Looking to the north, in the distance is the mist-shrouded Bobai City; in the middle is a lion rock mountain roaring into the sky, with heat waves slowly rising from its mouth straight into the sky; nearby is the Ziyangguan, the most typical Danxia landform, which looks like A certain round top hat is buckled on the ground. At the top of Yanshi Mountain, you can feel the gentle mountain breeze and the rustling air. Looking around, you suddenly feel that Yanshi Mountain has become the center of the universe, and the whole universe has become insignificant.
There are also three statues of gods engraved on the west stone wall of Jiangdong'an Temple. The cliff statue is carved on the red sandstone cliff about 15 meters away from the river and is three meters high. There is a Buddha sitting in the middle niche, and there are one Buddha and two Bodhisattvas in the left and right niches. The Buddha statue has a rectangular head, two ears hanging down from the shoulders, wearing a cassock, with the right shoulder exposed, and sitting in the lotus position on a high lotus seat in a girdle style. There are two small niches on the left and right side of the Buddha's seat, with animal heads carved inside. There is no inscription on the statue. Based on the analysis of the carving style, shape, face, and clothing, it should have been carved during the Sui and Tang Dynasties or before Shui Shao. It is recognized by the Autonomous Region Tourism Bureau as the "No. 1 Cliff in Guangxi" and is the earliest known cliff statue in Guangxi. one. The cliff statues are located on the banks of the Nanliu River, an important transportation route in Jiaozhi (now Vietnam) in the Central Plains of the Han and Tang Dynasties. They provide valuable information for studying the development and spread of Buddhism in my country. According to the county annals in the twelfth year of Daoguang's reign in the Qing Dynasty, "there is a giant Buddha near the river, more than fifty feet high, carved in a certain age" beside the cliff. Unfortunately, this giant Buddha collapsed and fell into the river at the end of the Qing Dynasty or the beginning of the Republic of China. Now only the skirt of the Buddha's seat is still vaguely identifiable.
The Ziyang Temple on the northeast side of Yanshi Mountain is confirmed by the Autonomous Region Tourism Bureau as the first Taoist temple in Guangxi. It is said that this temple was built in the Eastern Han Dynasty by Liu Gen, a member of the Han royal family ( "Bobai County Chronicle" calls it Liu Chongyuan Jian of the Southern Han Dynasty, to be verified). The Taoist temple is built in a stone chamber on the edge of a cliff, which is more spacious and brighter than the Yanshi Temple. In front of the view, there are green trees and whirling bamboo shadows. It is the most tranquil place in the entire scenic area.
Going down the river from Yanshi Temple, there is a stone bridge called "Immortal Bridge" 2 kilometers away. It is a marvelous stone bridge and is the longest natural bridge in Asia. It is also rare in the world. It is Daxian Bridge. This is a unique landscape formed by the Danxia landform. The bridge is arched, 100 meters long and 32 meters high. Through the bridge hole, you can overlook the blue sky and white clouds. Standing on the bridge, you can see the mountains and the sparkling Nanliu River. , just like a jade belt, floating south. There is also a Tiansheng Xiaoxian Bridge in Shanniuling on the west bank of the Nanliu River, facing the Daxian Bridge on the east bank. The Sisters Fairy Bridge is another wonder of Bobai. Huang Shixiu of the Ming Dynasty wrote in "Feasting on the Stone Immortal Bridge": "This place is quiet and quiet, divided into peng islands, and the clear water of Danshan Mountain is covered with idle clouds. The king of Yue has long stopped his sheng and taro feast, and when visiting immortals, he rides on the cranes." In the past, there was a waterfall along the wall. Below, in contrast to the stone bridge, it forms a water curtain wonderland. In recent years, this strange scene can only be seen during the rainy season.
Yanshi Mountain, where Yanshi Temple is located, is ethereal and transparent. The entire Yanshi Mountain is like a turtle lying on the bank of the green Nanliu River, surrounded by clouds and mist, and comes alive. On the Yanshi Mountain, there is the Yao Bureau of Lanbi, and there is a winding stream of Qingxi below. It is surrounded on the left and right. The houses are beautiful and the walls are beautiful. The caves have strange rocks, lush forests and bamboos, and the birds are singing and the flowers are fragrant. From the Taoist concept, the mountain has the power of a flying dragon, and the caves have Panlong Stone Temple is named because the water has the magical effect of marrying elixirs for medicine. It can be said that the water is the spirit of the earth. It is full of immortality and spiritual energy all year round. It is really a magical geomantic treasure land. From the elegant environment and strange landscapes of Yanshi Mountain, we can appreciate the connotation of Taoism in environmental science and aesthetic concepts. Yanshi Mountain is a peculiar "half-through cave" with the force of "two cliffs rolling up together, like a house". Regardless of sunrise or sunset, you can receive the brilliance of the sun; there is also a secluded cave with a stone spring and the Nanliu River. Connected, the spring water is sweet and clear, refreshing the heart and lungs, which is the mystery of "the water flowing out of the cave and the sky is connected to the world". The characteristics of Taoist cave heaven and blessed land are perfectly reflected here.
Yanshi Temple with beautiful natural scenery has been a tourist attraction since the Tang and Song Dynasties. People who visited Yanshi Temple in the past generations wrote poems and carved stones as souvenirs, leaving precious cultural heritage to future generations. There are many kinds of stone carvings, including poems, titles and inscriptions. The fonts include seal script, regular script, running script, cursive script, etc. Most of them express natural scenery and immortal culture, reflecting the unique charm of Chinese calligraphy. According to the research of cultural relics and historical materials, many of the ink marks here were left by ancient celebrities, such as the "Guojue Chanyuan" inscribed by Liu Sheng, Emperor of the Southern Han Dynasty. These stone carvings occupy an important position in the history of Lingnan culture. Such mountains, such water, such culture, such atmosphere, this kind of beauty is deeply rooted in people's hearts, breathtaking, and haunting...